From festive highs like Mardi Gras to quieter, budget-friendly seasons, we break down the best time to visit New Orleans by ...

When Hurricane Ida struck down in Sonya Ross's small Louisiana town in August of 2021, her family lost everything. Ross, 42, said she and her two daughters bounced around hotels for a couple of months ...

Pregnant women are a vulnerable population after disaster. Their health may be improved through community-based support programs in addition to their standard prenatal care. We conducted a prenatal ...

In the most visible sign of progress in replacing the Mandeville fishing pier destroyed by Hurricane Ida more than four years ago, the pier has now been demolished and nearly removed from its site ...

The Jefferson Parish School Board has hired a team of attorneys to pursue the Federal Emergency Management Agency for money the district says it is owed for repairs after Hurricane Ida tore through ...

CHADDS FORD — Four years ago, Hurricane Ida arrived in the region as a tropical storm and caused millions in damage as unprecedented flood waters wreaked havoc throughout Chester, Delaware and New ...

This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It was produced by Grist and co-published with Verite News, ...

So far this year, we’ve had 13 named storms in the Atlantic, with 5 hurricanes and 4 major hurricanes (Category 3+). Ida (November 4-14, 2009) made landfall as a Category 1 storm on the east coast of ...

Hurricane Melissa's reign of terror over the Caribbean appears to be coming to an end. The National Hurricane Center said in its 5 a.m. ET advisory on Oct. 31 Melissa ...

THERE COULD BE MORE LANDFALLS. WELL, IT IS CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY AS THE TRACK CONTINUES TO ADJUST. BUT RIGHT NOW, THAT FORECASTED TRACK IS SUPPOSED TO BE WEST OF BERMUDA, SO NOT ANOTHER LANDFALL, ...

The storm “totally destroyed” the port of Black River, the prime minister said. At least five people died in Jamaica, and the hurricane killed at least 30 in Haiti. Officials expect the toll to rise.

More aerial views of damage across Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa Local 10 got a closer look from aerial views of the destruction in Jamaica caused by Hurricane Melissa. Videos continued to surface on ...